Uni musings

I've been looking into museum books today and yesterday and have found quite a collection I would love to eventually have. They range in prices from the Book Depository but I think I can manage getting one each week without going broke. I have ordered two -- The Museum: Behind the Scenes at the British Museum and Making Museums Matter. Both added up to a little over $40 so I think that's a bargain. Most are around the $35 mark or higher but as I said, one a week or something like that won't make me broke.

I accepted the offer from Deakin this morning. I'll be able to get out of it if I get accepted to Sydney [always hoping and silently praying, despite being agnostic] so I thought I may as well get the information pack from Deakin and take a look at what it's all about studying there. I wonder when I'll find out about Sydney. Sara at work said to call them up and ask. I've been checking my Gmail a lot since it took my phone 5 days and some searching to find out I had received an offer from Deakin. I'm not going to let it slip by again. My phone will tell my I have 2 new emails, for example, but won't show them. I then have to go on my internet, as this was an application, and go to Gmail and sign in and then it appears. May as well use a normal computer.

At the Uni of Sydney I have made a list of the units I'd like to do if I get into the Diploma. You have to do 6 units, 3 of which are already allocated [one core and two internships], and I have chosen 4 possibilities for the other 3. 2 are definite but 2 I'm not sure which to choose from. I think it's generally the same at Deakin but there is a strong focus on Cultural Heritage. It's not just straight Museum Studies, which is why I don't really want to go to there but I will if I have no other choice. I just want to focus on museums, and that's what I'd get at Sydney, which is why I want to go so badly. Eeek! I love that the classes are in the evenings from 5-7. It's different.

The units I have chosen are --

+ The Museum Context [core]

+ Internship 1

+ Internship 2

+ Exhibition Development

+ Artifact Studies

and + Information and Collection Management

or + Museum and Gallery Administration

Info and Collections will be 5-7 on a week day, but the Admin course is 5 full days, which is similar to a Summer School course. That wouldn't bother me too much, especially since the subject itself is important, but would it fit in with work and with internships? I could only do that course in second semester and I should probably wait until then to do the internships so I have some knowledge in the field so it might not be possible. There wasn't a lot of choice on the website I visited with the units on offer but luckily I like the sound of most of them. I think I'll end up doing Info and Collections. If I go for my Masters I'll be able to do more units.

I am so excited about next year! I really hope it's Sydney as the course is superior and I'll get a better education. I'll be sad if it's Melbourne but will cope as I'll have friends and be closer to home, but as I've mentioned a few times in the past, it's not just about going to Uni in Sydney, it's about making my own home, a life for myself, it's about being independent and getting into good habits. Sydney will be wonderful but Melbourne will be fine too. It's a decent second choice. I hope my fate is for Sydney.